"Time to Eat"
What does an herbivore eat?
Plants
A bird that consumes seed and berries is at what trophic level?
Primary Consumer
An organism that must get it's energy from others...
consumer
the path by which energy passes from one living thing to another...
food chain
food webs are made up of ______ _____ that overlap
food chains
What does a carnivore eat?
Meat
An organism that lives by killing and eating other animals...
carnivore or prey
An organism that can produce it's own food...
producer
Eats both producers and consumers...
Omnivore
What do all of these living things have in common? deer, rabbit, squirrel
They all eat producers/ they are herbivores
Where do producers get their food from?
The use the sun to create their own food in their body
A consumer can be a _____, ______, ________.
Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore
Something that shows how ALL the animals in a COMMUNITY get their energy (food)
food web
Why are decomposers important organisms in a food web? A) They produce oxygen. B) They prey on carnivores. C) They are food for producers D) They return nutrients to the soil
D) They return nutrients to the soil
A certain type of bear mainly eats trout. If the trout population declines, what will most likely happen to the bear population? A) it will decrease B) it will increase C) it will remain the same D) it will increase and then decrease
A) it will decrease
What does an OMNIVORE eat?
Meat and Plants
What is an animal that consumes only dead animals or decaying plants?
Decomposer
One path of energy as it flows through the ecosystem
food chain
Consider this food chain:
grass-grasshopper- mouse- snake
Which organism is an herbivore?
grasshopper
All food webs start with _____
producers
What do decomposers do and what is an example?
break down dead plants and animals
answers may vary: mushroom, earthworms, bacteria
What do the arrows on a food web represent?
flow of energy
What's an organism that derives it's energy from sunlight?
producer
make a food chain with the following: -mouse -snake -seeds -hawk
seeds-mouse-snake-hawk
Can an organism be part of more than one food chain? A) no, because it cannot be predator and prey at the same time B) no, because the arrows in a food web can only flow in one direction C) yes, because it can be prey for more than one organism D) yes, because it may live in more than one environment
C, because it can be prey for more than one organism